Darcy Luoma Coaching and Consulting

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Choose Your Own Adventure

When looking to the year ahead, I definitely like to set some specific goals, but I also choose a one-word intention for the year. As you might have guessed from all of our December posts about clearing out, my word for 2020 is minimalism.

I have identified ways that I want to achieve this in all areas of my life, hopefully leading to a more streamlined business, a cleaner house, and a regular meditation practice.

So how did I come up with this? Well, I asked myself some tough questions about 2020. I combine that with what I learned about myself in 2019 and voila! An intention emerges. [Read more…]

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What’s Changed Since Your 20s?

As many of you know, in the spring of 2016 my life was flipped upside down. My husband was arrested, and overnight I was a single parent of two young daughters. 

Before John’s arrest, I was free to work as much as I wanted, knowing that he had things covered on the homefront. And I worked a lot. I mean, a lot.

I got used to working long days in Senator Kohl’s office, and when I decided to launch my own business I felt like I needed to work even harder. I wanted to establish myself in the entrepreneur space and felt the fear of leaving behind a steady paycheck and great benefits. [Read more…]

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Coaching lessons for life

by DLCC Coach Ndidi Yaucher

My family is excited about the spring season. Not only do we get longer days, warmer weather, and fresher air, but at our house, we also get the beginning of spring sports. My kids are athletes, and they love to spend their time outdoors training and preparing for their seasons in dance, soccer, track and field, and baseball.

A lot of the things our kids have learned in athletics are important life lessons. And they are not just for kids! I use these in life and business as well. Here are a few lessons we’ve all taken to heart: [Read more…]

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Gifts from the Madness

You lose a game. You get passed over for the promotion. You don’t make the starting lineup.

I am sure you have failed at something in your life. I sure have. But luckily, not too many of us experience a failure as dramatic and talked about as the Virginia Cavaliers loss to the University of Maryland – Baltimore County in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. [Read more…]

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